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Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

D Leong, K Teo, S Rangarajan, P Lopez-Jaramillo, A Avezum, A Orlandini et al.. The Lancet. 2015.

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In plain language

Lower grip strength was associated with higher risk of death, cardiovascular death and cardiovascular disease.

Limits

Observational.

Source

doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62000-6 · PubMed 25982160

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